Suggested Reading and Media Resources

• Bergin, Joseph. Church, Society, and Religious Change in France, 1580–1730. 2009. A study of changing religious views in France from the wars of religion to the Enlightenment and the interaction of church and society.

• Bongie, Laurence L. From Rogue to Everyman: A Foundling’s Journey to the Bastille. 2005. The story of an eighteenth-century orphan and, through his eyes, the Parisian underworld of gamblers, prostitutes, and police spies.

• Burke, Peter. Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, 3d ed. 2009. An updated version of a classic introduction to everyday life, mentalities, and leisure pursuits.

• Crawford, Katherine. European Sexualities, 1400–1800. 2007. A broad survey of cultural and social aspects of sex and sexuality in early modern Europe.

• Gawthrop, Richard. Pietism and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Prussia. 2006. An examination of the importance of Pietist morality and institutions in the making of the Prussian state.

• Gelbart, Nina. The King’s Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray. 2002. A vivid and accessible biography of the most famous midwife of eighteenth-century France.

• Gerber, Matthew. Bastards: Politics, Family, and Law in Early Modern France. 2012. A study of legal disputes over the rights of illegitimate children in France that illuminates the gradual destigmatization of illegitimacy in the eighteenth century.

• Goodman, Dena. Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters. 2009. An exploration of women as writers in the eighteenth century, delving into their use of writing as a form of self-expression and the material culture of desks, pens, and rooms that enabled them to write.

• Kertzer, David I., and Marzio Barbagli, eds. Family Life in Early Modern Times, 1500–1789. 2001. A rich collection of essays on the history of the family, women, and children in early modern Europe.

• Kushner, Nina. Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris. 2013. A study of the lives and careers of courtesans in the French capital.

• Trentman, Frank, ed. The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption. 2012. A series of essays presenting the most recent research on the history of consumption, including global perspectives.

• A History of Private Life (BBC Radio 4, 2009). A radio documentary series, available on CD, that examines four hundred years of domestic life, drawn from letters and diaries.

• At Home with the Georgians (BBC, 2011). A documentary examining the new domestic ideals of the eighteenth century, with re-enactments of daily life in British homes in all ranks of society.

• Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975). The adventures of an eighteenth-century Irish rogue who marries a rich widow.

• Becoming Jane (Julian Jarrold, 2007). The early life of famous novelist Jane Austen; mixes fact with fiction to make her the protagonist of a romance in the spirit of her own novels.

• City of Vice (Channel 4, 2008). A British crime series focusing on Henry Fielding, the eighteenth-century writer and magistrate who founded the first police force of London, the Bow Street Runners.

• The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (PBS, 1996). A lively Masterpiece Theater adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s famous novel recounting an orphaned girl’s struggle to survive in eighteenth-century London.

• Colonial Williamsburg. The Web site for Colonial Williamsburg offers many resources for exploring everyday life in the eighteenth century, including an online tour of the historic site, descriptions of the eighteenth-century people and trades, as well as short videos illustrating many aspects of daily life. http://www.history.org/

• London Lives. A collection of almost 250,000 searchable digitized primary sources about ordinary people in eighteenth-century London, including criminal trials, hospital records, and other documents. www.londonlives.org/static/Project.jsp